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Hi! I'm new here and would like to ask some help regarding recovering files from a harddisk. I do not have any idea on how to use testdisk. i just used the manuals from the site. and i can't find any topic in the forum regarding my problem.

My seagate 500gb external portable harddisk was working yesterday, but when I plugged it in today, it's memory became 0 bytes. I checked disk management and it said the harddisk (which has only 1 partition) has a RAW filesystem, instead of the NTFS i was expecting.

How can i recover files from this? I needed my thesis files here and hoping someone can help me graduate (((((

this is what happened when i used test disk.

i selected INTEL in the type of partition.

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when i analysed, it said READ ERROR

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so i did quick search, and this is what happened.

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it seems to take so long and is not yet finished. am i doing it right?

Disk is your physically device!
Drive is a partition how it appears in your explorer.
On this screen;http://forum.cgsecurity.org/phpBB3/down ... php?id=477
Your Disk is a WDC WD3200aajs-65M0A0
Below you see only your drive which has drive letter Z: .
That's it.
Would it be possible to upload another screenshot from your disk management console.

Your HDD is listed correctly.
Except file system is not displayed.
But the cause might be your boot sector or file system.
It could be diagnosed using TestDisk.
But there are some other things where I'm struggling around in your case.
It's your disk recognition.
Could you have a look into your device manager how your disk will be listed there?
It should be listed as USB Device and you should see the brand of your disk.
Please check it and let me know.